Following the decision of the ICMG General Assembly, held on June 19th 2013, the international multi-sports event – the Mediterranean Beach Games was founded. These Games, that concern solely the beach and water sports, shall be organized every four years, two years after the Mediterranean Games. The host of the first Mediterranean Beach Games is the city of Pescara (Italy) which has experience as the host of the Mediterranean Games in 2009.

Croatian athletes, 14 of them, led by the Croatian Olympic Committee’s Olympic program Office, in cooperation with national sports federations, will participate in the following sports: Beach Volleyball (6), Open Water Swimming (3), Rowing Beach Sprint (2) and Fin Swimming (3).

At the first Mediterranean Beach Games, held in Pescara (Italy) from August 28th to September 6th 2015, that gathered 906 participants from 24 countries and offered 11 sports disciplines, the Croatian athletes have won two bronze medals. The winner of the first bronze is the mixed swimming team - Karla Šitić, Ivan Šitić and Matija Luka Rafaj, while the winners of the second bronze are the beach volleyball players Ivan Željković and Filip Silič.

Pescara/Zagreb, August 30, 2015. - The first Mediterranean Beach Games Pescara 2015, currently in progress, gathered athletes from 24 countries, a total of 906, of which there are 305 female athletes. The Games will last from August 28th to September 6th. The organization of the Games comprises 430 officials, 200 judges, 900 volunteers and 120 media representatives. The Games will last for ten days, and during that period the athletes will be able to win 400 medals in various disciplines.